third person p.o.v

"is everything okay?" evie turned to the door to see adrian walk in. he looked at her crouched down next to a body on the ground. time to act like he hasn't seen this yet. "oh my- did you?" evie wiped away her tears and shook her head. she could never hurt bella, voluntarily that is.

"no she ran in and when i caught up to her she was on the ground..." adrian thought about it, could he blame her for this? no, everyone here loves her so they won't believe him. he has to throw the suspicion off of him. he'll find a way. he knows he can.

"can you help me take her to the living room?" evie asked and adrian agreed. together they carried her to the living room and laid her down on one of couches. woah these were some fancy couches, why didn't evie and bella spend more time down here. heck there's even a fire place.

"she's pretty lucky to have you." adrian sat down on the other couch while evie sat on the coffee table next to where bella was laying down. he hoped that making conversation would gain her trust. she could convince bella to be with him instead of her.

"no, i think i'm pretty lucky to have her in my life." barf was all adrian could say. he didn't hate gay people, but he wasn't a fan of them. which means he's the h word. "maybe you're both just lucky to have each other." adrian wanted to punch himself for just saying that. god this man had some issues.

"yeah i like that." evie ran her hand up and down bella's cheek, her skin was soft and smooth. her cheeks were pale and rosy, like a porcelain doll. adrian didn't like this, according to him that should be him instead of evie. "i think she needs some ice, before a bump forms." evie agreed and excused herself so she could go get some ice. she left adrian and a unconscious bella alone. not a great choice evie...

adrian got up and took evie's spot. he held bella's hand and massaged it. he smiled at her bloody shirt, he could only imagine her taking it off and washing it off by hand. man this guy is a creep.

"you know what baby? i forgive you for hitting me across the face with a hot pan, i deserved that for scaring you. and i know you can forgive me for scaring you. don't you see, we're perfect for each other." adrian leaned down and pressed his chapped lips on bella's. what was he hoping for? that with a kiss she would wake up?

"this is all i could find... what are you doing?" evie asked as she came back, lucky for adrian she didn't see him kiss bella. no all she saw was him holding her hand and hovering over her. if she had seen him kiss her, boy would he be in trouble.

"i was thanking her for being so nice to me, and that i would do whatever i could to catch whoever did this to her. and then i thought she was waking up, but she wasn't actually." evie walked closer and sat down next to adrian as they watched bella. adrian took the ice pack from evie and held it under bella's head.

they began to make conversation about life on the isle,
agreeing on how it sucked but at least they were able to defend themselves. as evie spoke, adrian couldn't help but hate her more. she had a better life than him on the isle too? she had a gang that people feared, adrian only had himself. it wasn't a fair comparison as evie used people being afraid of her gang to help the children, the amount of children she was able to help was amazing. adrian on the other hand was one of the sources to the kids nightmares. coming into their rooms at night and scaring the hell out of them just to steal any scraps they had.

"evie, we're back." carlos steppes into the living room with ben, belle and adam behind him. ben was walking with crutches, this made adrian happy in a way. that sick bastard. evie stood up and went to greet the four.

"lumière told us what happened, how is she doing?" belle asked evie as she approached them. ben and carlos looked at each other confused before peeking behind evie's back. the scene in front of them was enough to make them angry.

"i'm whacking him with my crutches." ben whispered to carlos, but was stopped before he could even move. "not in front of witnesses." carlos whispered back with his arm in front of ben. they stood there staring daggers and every sharp weapon imaginable into adrian's head.

"she's still not up, and we have no idea who could've done this. i already have guards searching the perimeter for anyone that seems suspicious. as well as inside in case the culprit is hiding in the castle." belle smiled and hugged evie, 'bella really found her soulmate.' belle thought, she couldn't wait for evie to be a part of the family. "thank you, i already know you'll be a great queen one day."

"i agree, auradon will be lucky the day you and bella rule together as one." evie couldn't believe she was getting such compliments from the former rulers of auradon. is this what having normal loving and supporting parents felt like? belle and adam left to go get updates from the guards, leaving adrian alone with ben and carlos. hopefully evie didn't stop them from beating him up. they already know he did this, they should've thrown him to the curve the moment he first  hurt bella.

the three teens walked over to bella, ben and carlos did not want to leave her alone with him. especially if she was unconscious. who knows what that creep would do. if only they had arrived when he kissed her, ben wouldn't be afraid to knock him out with a crutch.

"so what exactly happened?" carlos asked as he and ben sat down on the loveseat. "well when you guys left for the hospital, i went to look for bella to tell her what happened. i was walking when i saw a figure standing at the end of the hallway. i got closer to see if it was her, and it was... but she was bleeding and holding a knife. she was stabbed, and i took her and patched her all up. then she left the room running and when i caught up to her she was laying unconscious on the kitchen floor. i didn't see anyone leave the kitchen, and i checked three times to make sure the sicko didn't stay. whoever did this to her escaped rather quickly."

ben's eyes widened as the stabbed part finally finished processing in his brain. "she was fucking stabbed? evie why didn't you take her to the hospital?" what came next was something he didn't expect to hear. "oh don't worry, she knows how to switch us up. you wouldn't believe how many times she's had to help jay and i with stab wounds. mal got lucky and never really got stabbed, but when she was hurt evie knew how to help. she's practically our doctor." okay so does anyone else want to admit to being stabbed?

"you've been stabbed before?!" ben asked carlos shocked, he's never heard of any of them being stabbed. carlos just laughed it off like it was nothing. it was quite for a minute before groaning could be heard from the corpse in the room. bella was waking up.

they all began to hover over her, and as the attention was given to bella, adrian slipped away as to not cause a scene. he would talk to her later in the night when they were alone.

"ugh what's going on?" bella asked as she tried to get up but was stopped by evie. her head hurt like a mothertrucker. where was she and why were they all surrounding her? how long has she been out? not long right?

"she needs something to drink." ben said to evie, hoping she would volunteer to fetch the girl a drink. "any preference?" she asked, she'd do anything to help her baby. "grape juice." evie kissed bella's forehead and went to get her the juice. bella wasn't thirsty or anything but ben didn't know if evie knew that adrian was guilty.

"so, who did this?" ben asked despite already knowing the answer. bella sat upwards and winced as her head was killing her. "isn't it obvious?" ben wanted to run and get that slime bag, but he couldn't or else he'd end up in a worse condition than now. carlos felt guilty, he was the one that told bella to continue the search for adrian as he wanted to meet his so called brother. he never thought the boy would cause so much trouble.

"what happened exactly?" ben asked as he took a seat next to his sister. "well, i was in the kitchen helping with the cooking when we heard screaming. mrs. potts told me to hide and they all left to see what happened. i waited for a while before someone came in. it was adrian obviously. he grabbed a knife and i came out of hiding, told him to drop it but he wouldn't listen. he kept going on about how he and i would be a great couple. he got mad at my response to he threw himself at me and chocked me. i then grabbed the pan next to me and whacked him across his face." that was just the first attack...

"that explains the burn mark on his cheek." carlos pointed out as no one noticed adrian's mark. normally bella would feel bad, but this wasn't one of those times. "okay continue." bella nodded and did so. "well as he fell he managed to cut me with the knife he had. once he was on the ground i picked the knife and ran out trying to look for the guards. evie found me and patched me up, which surprised me honestly. she asked me who did this and then i remembered i left adrian in the kitchen. i ran back to make sure he hadn't escaped but one i stepped in bam! lights out for me."

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it was about to be 7pm when evie got ready to leave. she had spent the whole with bella, not just because she was injured but because that was her plan either way. after she and bella finished belle with the decorations they began to watch movies with ben and carlos. adrian stayed in his room the rest of day as to avoid any problems. he wasn't getting away with anything obviously, but he didn't know that yet.

"i love you." evie kissed bella's cheek as they said their goodbyes, its not like they're not gonna see each other tomorrow. bella shook her head and pulled evie closer. "i love you more." they continued to be the sappy couple they were until evie really had to leave.

"i'll see you tomorrow, and you'll be getting your present tomorrow night." bella playfully slapped evie's shoulder and laughed. "stop it, someone could hear you." they stood there for a while holding each other, both were scared that if they let each other go things would go to shit. the day was stressful enough, they didn't want to leave other but knew they had to.

"i should go now, i can't wait for you to see what i've been working on." evie was talking about a dress of course. she knew belle wanted bella to wear a dress that was similar to her legendary yellow gown. so evie whipped up a dress that would resemble what adam wore, so they could be beauty and the beast. carlos and ben wouldn't be able to compete against that.

"okay, just be careful okay? text me as soon as you get home."  evie nodded and kissed bella once more before leaving. bella watched her walk down the stairs and join carlos as they both disappeared. bella closed her door, locked it and went to her book case.

she ran her hand over the wall until she found what she wanted. she pulled the block away and pulled out a book. mal's spell book, among other artifacts. her heart necklace, a vial of pixie dust, don't ask how she got it, and a dagger. those didn't matter right now, all she needed was the spell book.

bella has always been fascinated with magic so she made it her mission to collect any books and artifacts that were magical or about magic. it was tough though as many magical objects were evil, and fairy godmother tried to get rid of books about magic. thankfully belle was a bookworm and kept every book in existence. although her magical artifacts were lacking some objects to be able to call it a collection.

bella flipped through mal's spell book and her other books to find a healing spell or incantation. she's never really tried to perform a spell but it wasn't that hard right? you don't need to be magical to perform magic, just learn how to do it and you're fine! although bella sometimes wished her mom was a fairy or something, just so she could have any type of magic.

"ad sanandum vulnus, sic notam fac, ut novum." it was latin for 'heal the wound, make it brand as new.' bella was disappointed when nothing happened, but then her arm began to tingle. weird. she looked at it and the stitches were healing themselves. there was a light behind each stitch and it only disappeared once they were all gone. a scar was left but at least it was healed.

bella needed to practice with more than just spell books, maybe use fairy godmothers wand? with magic she would be able to protect auradon, magic is the answer to everything after all. she's filled with goodness too, magic and goodness go hand in hand.

"if i keep practicing who knows what i'll be able to do."

(magical bella is gonna be introduced and it'll make more sense with the next villain!)